'Eroded' definitions:
Definition of 'eroded'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Worn away as by water or ice or wind [syn: eroded, scoured]
Definition of 'Eroded'
From: GCIDE
- Eroded \E*rod"ed\, p. p. & a.
- 1. Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or irregularly toothed. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Eroded'
From: GCIDE
- Erode \E*rode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eroded; p. pr. & vb. n. Eroding.] [L. erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See Rodent.]
- 1. To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh. "The blood . . . erodes the vessels." --Wiseman. [1913 Webster]
- The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the gun. --Am. Cyc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Geol. & Phys. Geog.) (a) To wear away; as, streams and glaciers erode the land. (b) To produce by erosion, or wearing away; as, glaciers erode U-shaped valleys. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. to reduce or lessen as if by eroding; as, a politician's base of support is eroded by evidence of corruption; the buying power of the dollar is eroded by inflation. [fig.] [PJC]
Synonyms of 'eroded'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abated,
- ablated,
- attenuated,
- bated,
- belittled,
- blanched,
- bleached,
- burnt up,
- by the board,
- consumed,
- contracted,
- corroded,
- curtailed,
- decreased,
- deflated,
- depleted,
- diminished,
- dissipated,
- drained,
- dropped,
- eaten,
- eaten up,
- effete,
- exhausted,
- expended,
- faded,
- fallen,
- finished,
- forfeit,
- forfeited,
- gone,
- impoverished,
- irretrievable,
- less,
- lesser,
- long-lost,
- lost,
- lost to,
- lower,
- lowered,
- miniaturized,
- out the window,
- reduced,
- retrenched,
- rust-cankered,
- rust-eaten,
- rust-worn,
- rusty,
- scaled-down,
- shorn,
- shorter,
- shrunk,
- shrunken,
- smaller,
- spent,
- squandered,
- used,
- used up,
- washed-out,
- wasted,
- watered-down,
- weakened,
- weather-battered,
- weather-beaten,
- weather-bitten,
- weather-eaten,
- weather-wasted,
- weathered,
- weatherworn,
- worn,
- worn away,
- worn-out